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On 17 October 2016, the disreputable YourNewsWire.com web site posted an article claiming that Vermont senator Bernie Sanders had suggested that the Presidential election may be rigged, and has unendorsed Hillary Clinton: Senator Sanders did issue a Facebook post on the previous day (16 October 2016), but it didn't at all say what YourNewsWire.com misleadingly claimed of it: Sanders wasn't suggesting that elections are rigged (i.e., that voters are suppressed, that votes are cast fraudulently, that votes are not counted accurately); rather, he was decrying the pervasive role money plays in shaping the political process and influencing which candidates are elected, a major plank of his platform as a presidential candidate (and referencing Abraham Lincoln in what many readers construed as a callback to the second presidential debate of 2016). But Sanders did not opine that the Presidential election may be rigged, nor did he unendorse Hillary Clinton. On and after 16 October 2016, Sanders has continued to tweet and share content promoting Hillary Clinton's candidacy: Not only hasn't Sanders unendorsed Hillary Clinton (nor said the election is rigged), he has belied that claim by continuing to publicly promote her candidacy.
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